[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19518-19519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07452]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of Approved Land Use Plan Amendments/
Record of Decision for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources 
on Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, 
Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the 
availability of the Approved Land Use Plan Amendments/Record of 
Decision (ROD) for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on 
Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The BLM 
Principal Deputy Director signed the ROD on March 22, 2013, which 
constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved Plan 
Amendments effective immediately.

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ADDRESSES: The ROD/Approved Plan Amendments document is available now 
electronically on the following Web site: http://ostseis.anl.gov. 
Copies of the ROD/Approved Plan Amendments will be available after 
April 1, 2013, upon request from the BLM Office locations listed below. 
Copies of the ROD will be available after April 1, 2013, for public 
inspection at the same BLM Office locations:

Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
Northwest District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
White River Field Office, 220 East Market Street, Meeker, CO 81641.
Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 
81652.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 
84101.
Green River District Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078.
Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501.
Color Country District Office, 176 East D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, 
UT 84721.
Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701.
Canyon Country District Office, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532.
Monticello Field Office, 365 North Main, Monticello, UT 84535.
Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009.
High Desert District Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY 
82901.
Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 189 North, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third, Rawlins, WY 82301.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherri Thompson, BLM Project Manager, 
at 303-239-3758, ([email protected]), Bureau of Land Management, 2850 
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215 or Mitchell Leverette, BLM 
Division Chief, Solid Minerals, at 202-912-7113, ([email protected]), 
Bureau of Land Management, 20 M Street SE., Washington, DC 20003. 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to 
contact the above individuals during normal business hours. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decision in the ROD selects a modified 
version of Alternative 2(b), the proposed plan in the Final Oil Shale 
and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as the 
Approved Land Use Plan Amendments, which would amend 10 land use plans 
in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to make approximately 679,000 acres of 
lands containing oil shale resources open for application for future 
leasing and development and approximately 132,000 acres open for 
application for future leasing and development of tar sands.
    The Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of 
Availability for the Final Programmatic EIS in the Federal Register on 
November 9, 2012 (77 FR 67362), initiating the BLM's 30-day protest 
period on the Proposed Plan Amendments for oil shale and tar sands 
allocation. The protest period closed on December 10, 2012. Eighteen 
protests were received; protests came from local governments, the State 
of Utah, industry, industry interest groups, environmental groups, and 
an individual. The BLM has resolved all valid protest issues.
    The BLM has made minor modifications and editorial clarifications 
to the Approved Plan Amendments. These modifications provided further 
clarification of some of the decisions.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6.

Michael D. Nedd,
Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-07452 Filed 3-29-13; 8:45 am]
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